Probation is the order of the day at court

11:19 PM,
Nov. 1, 2012

Written by

THOMAS GARRETT
sgarrett@baxterbulletin.com

Two women in separate drug-related cases each received six years' probation Thursday in Baxter County Circuit Court.

Janie L. Tucker, 50, of Mountain Home, pleaded no contest to delivery of Percocet and delivery of Roxicet. Deputy Prosecutor Kerry Chism told the court that on Dec. 16, 2010, Tucker sold 40 Percocet pills for $120 to a confidential informant and that on Feb. 16, 2011, she sold a Roxicet for $30 to an informant.

Circuit Judge John Putman declared Tucker guilty and placed her on six years' probation. He also fined her $1,000 plus $795 in costs and fees. She was ordered to pay $150 ...